Windows 7 Aero Disabled - How can I enable it again?

Anonymous
2009-11-19T07:12:25+00:00

I purchased a new HP Envy 15 which had Windows 7 installed in it.  Aero was activated.  A few days later, Aero has been somehow disabled and I can't activate it again.  I used the Troubleshooting utility in Windows 7 for Aero -- it says that nothing is wrong.  I also tried un-checking and checking the various options in the visual effects menu.  

Can somebody please help me?  I'm not sure when or how Aero was disabled; the computer did crash and went blank once, and I had to reboot.  I'm not sure if that disabled Aero.  

Thanks.

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Anonymous
2009-12-10T16:52:33+00:00

Actually, I just found another thread on the HP website (  http://www.thenextbench.com/t5/HP-Envy-Notebooks/seems-that-all-my-Envy-15-problems-are-not-unique/m-p/50174 ) that reveals that the Aero problems on the Envy 15 are a commmon situation.

The suggested solution is uninstalling stardock.

I uninstalled Stardock and my Aero problem was instantlly fixed

. . . and HP tech support wanted me to do a System recovery/system restore--good grief!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-29T18:29:08+00:00

    You sir are a genius, I signed up here just to tell you that.

    Worked a treat and now I must bookmark. Thanks alot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-01-12T22:48:48+00:00

    This worked perfectly!!

    I will add though, that before you open CMD, that you right click on it and select 'Open as Administrator'.

    Again, this fixed my Aero issue.

    I accidentally stopped the dwm.exe in the tack manager. Just follow the steps provided by Renjith and you can get your colors working again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-02-07T23:40:25+00:00

    Thank you so much for a resolution with this problem. I thought I was going crazy.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-02-10T00:34:25+00:00

    I tried this solution when you run the command NET STOP UXSMX I: SYSTEM ERROR 5 HAS OCCURED

     This usually  means you have not started the command processor with administrator privileges

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